![]() ![]() Then they show grandpa up on the roof stomping around trying to make the kids think it's Santa. There is a scene where grandpa is reading "The Night Before Christmas" with all the kids snuggled in bed awaiting Santa to arrive, and then they go and show the dads carrying all the presents in from the car, and discussing the fact that they have to do all the work of getting the ""Santa" presents ready. The story line is ridiculous and the acting is horrible. It certainly should not be listed as a "family" movie. It needs to come with a warning so that people with young kids who still believe in Santa do NOT watch it. This movie totally ruins Santa and Christmas for children. Both are movies about having your entire extended family in for Christmas. Does Christmas Vacation have a plot? Barely. So what is it? It is a lower budget version of Christmas Vacation, made for adults who have seen Christmas Vacation twenty times and would like to try something new. If you watch the movie for what it is, you might actually like it. But the original distributor did not care, at all. It's a terrible title, there's no dog in my movie! Same thing with the artwork. The title "A Dog For Christmas" was forced on me by the original distributor. ![]() If you sat down to watch this movie with your little kids, and you're expecting a cute Christmas movie - you're going to think that this is the worst movie ever made! The movie was never intended for kids, grandmas, or the Hallmark crowd. My rating of director Chris Nickin and Joel Paul Reisig's "A Dog for Christmas" lands on a generous three out of ten stars. Ultimately then "A Dog for Christmas" is a Christmas movie that is bound to be forgotten rather quickly, as the storyline is subpar and feels like a poor man's version of "Nation Lampoons Christmas Vacation". And also Richard Karn - whom I haven't seen since "Home Improvements". What worked well enough for this movie was the cast, which included Dean Cain - though in a minor role. And the title of the movie was sort of stupid as the dog part only was in the last minute or so of the movie. Sure, "A Dog for Christmas" can be seen, but it is the type of movie you will watch only once. Nor did they manage to create the same amount of contents to the movie that makes it suitable for a yearly viewing in the holiday seasons. And while "A Dog for Christmas" is a Christmas movie, it sort of felt like a watered down attempt of making a movie similar to the "Nation Lampoons Christmas Vacation", except writers Joel Paul Reisig and Scott Voshel didn't manage half the amount of comedy and laughs that the "Nation Lampoons Christmas Vacation" managed. Regardless, I opted to sit down and watch the movie given the season and all, and with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen. I stumbled upon the 2015 Christmas movie titled "A Dog for Christmas" by random chance, though it was titled "Christmas Staycation" here for some reason.
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